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Please tell me -- I tell -- as a complete lack of accountability you have them and party votes that they purchase of -- money.
Where in -- the engine broke and then they had to get towed and you have magicians -- the hiring at conferences you have.
Really it just to complete lack of accountability and it's it's very very frustrating not only for me but for the fishermen whose lives are being dramatically affected by this.
Let's separate there's just a magician asked -- that -- -- -- scandal.
No one.
Attended a higher magician.
Well hated just goes to show that there's a complete disregard for the fines in the monies that they're getting and I called for the -- -- I think it's would be a good start to help reestablish trust between.
The the federal government and the and the fishermen because right now they're hurting there's a complete lack of trust -- with the -- with the administration as a whole.
What what specifically.
Did you know I do it you know impacts American taxpayers when it comes to.
Like to party put him you know a lot of our viewers may actually be hearing about this the first time well they should they should actually look at the independent report there was a whole host of things from shredding party where somebody was going to be.
-- was being investigated actually shredded about 70%.
Of the documents the lack of us requesting documents to verify a lot of things that were in effect being done.
Still haven't gotten all the documents.
A complete lack of trust between the fishermen and no one when it comes to the science and associated -- determining what.
Fish stocks can be fishing when fish stocks can't be finished and then you talk about the fines in -- 345 times higher refining.
From Massachusetts fishermen and than any other places and in the country.
And that money went to I have -- wrote -- the 300000 dollar -- with a win and actually -- -- party.
Officials -- -- officials and no they actually also had.
More vehicles they had more vehicles than they had actually employees.
And they didn't go -- the appropriate process to actually work.
To hide two to -- get those vehicles has just a systemic lack of accountability and really the change should be fired.
-- call for that -- asked for her either her resignation or firing in the new commerce chief should go -- in in and put somebody in there who can actually.
Reestablish that very important trust between the fishermen in the administration.
Egypt in the senate floor and he said.
What does it take to get fired -- and -- -- I say had a hearing in Boston I asked that very question especially after I heard some some of the atrocities that recession would.
The inappropriate times in the spending of freshman fine monies which are and I guess and directly -- -- taxpayer monies.
For things that they just don't need.
In the case of -- advertising to hire a magician.
That.
Seems pretty outrageous.
After government agencies -- -- already again.
Laid out here and here or maybe they were high magician to try to do the old political -- you would you so they wouldn't really be caught.
Doing what they're doing that when -- and inappropriate spending of Fisher fishermen find my name's they need to have some magicians -- -- to actually fix it.
And I'm calling on the commerce secretary to actually fire Lubchenco.
Put somebody in there that can help reestablish that trust and get everybody on -- there's nobody there's not one fisherman and I know.
That wants to have any species of fish.
Disappear they want to do.
Sustainable.
Thoughtful.
Methodical fishing so they can provide a good product and people's tables and also have that -- for there for the generations to come.
But when you have -- complete lack of trust when it comes to.
Dealing with the science.
It's it's it's it's -- problem.
Is it your sense that this is just a blatant disregard for.
American taxpayers.
Dollars for that there's some issues and I'm hopeful that they'll get there get their act together we need to make sure that we are good -- of of the tax treatment because right now the federal government is not a good Steward of taxpayer money number one.
Number two that's the inappropriate finds in the way that that fine money was spent on pleasure boats and I'm getting additional vehicles on hiring potentially magician.
It's just wrong you know it's wrong -- -- -- crying you know is trying in the and your view is well known.
-- responded to some of senator -- accusations here's part of that statement.
-- it takes any allegation of waste fraud and abuse seriously and when warranted takes action to address the issue and -- processes are put in place to prevent such situations from happening again.
The improper use of the best of the current 2008 has been put.
To a stop with administrative changes tighter controls and a change in law enforcement leadership and policies.
And about that magician Noah says it took down the -- interview in the process surrounding the solicitation.
